Yoga's "Queen of Conspiracy Theories": Part 3 REDUX
Imperfect Paradise
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4.5 • 535 Ratings
🗓️ 31 January 2024
⏱️ 38 minutes
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Part 3: Kundalini Yoga’s #MeToo Moment
In early 2020, just as fears about coronavirus are worsening, women begin accusing the founder of Kundalini Yoga, Yogi Bhajan, of sexual assault. Guru Jagat’s surprising response sets the stage for her radicalization during the pandemic.
CONTENT WARNING: Mentions of Sexual Assault
(Original Air Date: Jan. 18, 2023)
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| 0:45.8 | I'm your host, Antonia Serejido, and this is In Perfect Paradise, Yoga's Queen of Conspiracy theories, part three. |
| 0:53.9 | A story that follows the wellness industry to Q&On pipeline told through one yoga teacher's journey down the conspiracy rabbit hole. On the last episode, |
| 0:55.9 | Katie Griggs reinvented herself as a celebrity yoga teacher, Guru Juggett, and began to adopt |
| 1:01.5 | fringe beliefs. She demanded that we call her Guru Juggett. And in my own head, I said, |
| 1:08.3 | I'll be damned if I'll call you Guru Juggetit. It's Katie, not Guru Jogget. |
| 1:14.2 | The closer you are to Yogi Bajan, the more direct your contact, the more juice and authority |
| 1:19.3 | you have. In this episode, another factor in Guru Jagat's radicalization, a Me Too scandal |
| 1:25.7 | involving the founder of Kumbalini Yoga, Yogi Bajan. |
| 1:30.2 | All of a sudden, these kundalini yoga teachers who paid thousands and thousands of dollars |
| 1:34.8 | for their certification are going, what? You guys have covered this up, and this man was an abuser. |
| 1:45.9 | Here's Eliast correspondent Emily Garon. |
| 1:52.5 | A warning. |
| 1:53.9 | This episode includes descriptions of sexual assault and harassment. |
| 1:58.3 | In January 2020, two things happened that marked the end of seemingly unrelated |
| 2:03.7 | eras. One, the first case of COVID-19 was reported in the United States. Two, a book came out |
| 2:11.6 | about the founder of Kundalini Yoga, Yogi Bhashan. It was written by one of his former students. |
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